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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
3
Mr Francelia Hansen daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Hansen will meet Ge over the weekend in Shafter. Miss Memsen is a student at Fresno State College.
Mr and Mrs Walter Emerald spent the week end in Shafter on business They now live in Los Angeles but plan to return to Shafter for the summer.
Town Crier notes radio commentator William James Abbey aging gracefully like a poet. The piece praises his clear oratory on defending American democracy and his proposal for a April 25 World Court conference to try humanity’s great enemies, including Hitler.
A lyrical meditation on youth and nature. The speaker recalls meeting a woodland dwarf whose eye transforms into a fern, symbolizing change and the fragile growth of youth. The piece links springtime blossoms with the hopes and poetry found in the young.
Pfc. Miguel M. Arebelo of Shafter serves in the 348th Field Artillery Battalion which has rained 73,000 shells on German armor during 157 days of combat on the Fifth Army front in Italy. The unit destroyed 23 artillery pieces, 12 tanks or self propelled guns, 12 trucks and four ammo dumps, and twice its own cannon. It supports the 91st Powder River Division with 155 millimeter howitzers, halted a counterattack 200 yards from friendly troops, and helped pierce the Gothic Line at Futa Pass.
Mrs J L Hill learns her brother Cpl Shaw L Camp of the Medical Corps attached to an Engineer Combat Battalion in the European theater has earned the Silver Star for gallantry. He has been overseas nine months. The citation credits his selfless bravery in saving a wounded man and upholding duty.
The Dutch agricultural sector centers on sugar beets as the dominant crop, forming the nation's leading production by area and value. This crop underpins sugar manufacture and rural farming economies across regions.
The Women's Army Corps plans to enlist 8000 women as hospital technicians for Army General Hospitals with enlistment closing Saturday March 31. Lt Lois L Jennings says applicants can choose their General Hospital and receive skilled medical and surgical technician training with a technician fifth grade rating after training. Southern California applicants led in the Ninth Service Command. Canadian visitor Mr S P Heise leaves Shafter after attending birthday celebrations for himself and Ed Little.
The San Francisco Opera House stage is described as 131 feet wide, 83 feet deep and 120 feet high, detailing its overall size and scale for performances and production setups.
The article notes a switchboard reaching 30 feet in length at the San Francisco Opera House, highlighting its size in the facility’s electrical system.
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